Balderdash: "Hakeem Nicks May Be the NFL's Best WR Soon"

Hakeem Nicks: KC Joyner of ESPN New York is the president and founder of the Hakeem Nicks fan club. Joyner is enamored with the way Nicks runs routes and with his ability to run so many different routs. And then, there are the stats: “Nicks posted double-digit yards per attempt (YPA) totals in eight of the 11 main metric categories I tracked in 2009. A double-digit showing in any category is a sign of superb play and that Nicks did this at multiple route depths and against varying levels of competition showed he was capable of top-level performance in pretty much any environment.” Perhaps Joyner went to UNC? Nicks is a nice, young receiver. That’s about it. Through a year and a four games, he may not even crack the Top 5 WR list from the 2009 draft (Maclin, Harvin, Wallace, Britt, Massaquoi). And one could argue he has a better QB than any of those WRs. [ESPN]

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I would put Nicks in the same category as Maclin and Harvin, although Harvin would be in a class of his own if his brain wasnt on the verge of exploding.

Babar

Balderdash: “Hakeen Nicks May Be the NFL’s Best WR Soon”

Not only would Nicks like more respect from TBL, he would like his name spelled correctly too.

MancitysShabbySheik

this is ridiculous. Nicks put up 800yards, and 6 touchdowns while being the 4th receiver and only playing 13 games last year. Maclin had 2 more games, 10 more receptions with 2 less td’s and a basic wash on yards (about 20 less than Nicks). Same thing for britt, more games, less tds less yards less receptions. Harvin can’t be considered a wideout and the other two aren’t even close right now as far as I’m concerned. I’m also pretty sure he’s doing better than all of them this year too. He had a relatively quiet year last year, when I looked at the seson stats i was surprised to see him with 800yards and 6tds, but he’s backed it up this year

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Nicks is great when he’s not playing tip drill with cornerbacks.

Geeezeus

Kenny Britt???!?!???! Watch a game TBL.

Kenny Britt is not a good player. Also, he is fat.

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No love for what Austin Collie or Johnny Knox?

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fyi…typo in the title.

and desean jackson is better than any of the guys listed so far.

Jay V Of Considerable Influence

—and desean jackson is better than any of the guys listed so far.—

Yes…and he was in the 2008 draft.

I’m at thbe game, and theis post annoyed me enough to respond. Britt and Massaqoui arent even remotely in Nicks’ class. And he’s the equal of the other 3. He’ll play in a pro bowl within 2 years…if not this year.

ScarletFever

and desean jackson is better than any of the guys listed so far.

Agreed, but Jackson is in his 3rd year.

ThatsSoTaguchi (Now with Zip)

Spit on a Red for me Jay V

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oops. whatevs.

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So I can post in this thread but not in the Lou Holtz thread?

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Massaquoi and Britt better than Hakeem Nicks. Another reason why it’s good TBL writes here less frequently that he used to.

what a joke. Watch a game. Oh, I’m sorry, this is a Giants hating post.

MancitysShabbySheik

what a joke. Watch a game. Oh, I’m sorry, this is a Giants hating post.

A cursory look at the stats for each would have saved TBL from lookin a fool. Mass

andytseng

Obviously, TBL must be talking about fantasy upside value compared against avg. pre-draft rankings, cuz I have no idea in what other perspective is Nicks worse than those 5 players.

QC

Massaquoi and Nicks were teammates in high school in Charlotte. neither lost a game in 4 years. Their QB’s were Chris Leak and Joe Cox

KWII80

As a Browns fan, I can say Nicks is light years better than Massaquoi, who couldn’t create space if Michael Dean Perry was pressing him on the outside.

jthussler

Wow. This post stoops to TBL baseball levels of stupidity.

I think Wallace will end up being a stud, but Massaquoi blows and I’d take Nicks over Wallace, Harvin and Maclin without thinking twice.

Just because you don’t like/are envious of a franchise doesn’t mean you have to stoop to pathetically ignorant levels to demean them. If you want to do that, just write for the NY Post.

Farvicodin

Was TBL on crack when he wrote this? Did you do any kind of research whatsoever before listing the 5 ‘superior’ WR’s?? It’s posts like these that make me think you know as much about sports as my girlfriend does. This is a joke.

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Nicks is a nice, young receiver. That’s about it. Through a year and a four games, he may not even crack the Top 5 WR list from the 2009 draft (Maclin, Harvin, Wallace, Britt, Massaquoi).

Are you high??? Nicks is better than every single WR in this list. The only competition is maybe Maclin. Not a single one of those 5 flashes #1 WR potential while Nicks already does.